Forbes meets team dishing out £700,000 Holyrood cash

The Deputy First Minister paid a visit to Hamilton, meeting staff at the social enterprise administering a new round of Scottish Government funding for entrepreneurial organisations.

- JUDITH TONNER

Kate Forbes toured the premises of Inspirent at Barncluith Business Centre with newly-appointed chief entrepreneur Ana Stewart as they discussed the launch of this year's £700,000 ecosystem fund.

Inspirent is the delivery partner for the programme, which is moving on to a fully-digitised application process and "is focused on developing the strength and impact of Scotland's start-up community by funding organisations and programmes that support new companies to start and grow."

Economy secretary Ms Forbes and Ms Stewart met the Hamilton staff on a visit to mark both the reopening of the ecosystem fund and the appointment of the tech entrepreneur and investor to the Scottish Government

In town Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes, right, and newly-appointed chief entrepreneur Ana Stewart visiting Hamilton social enterprise Inspirent

role for the next 14 months.